Forty Years Ago In Bath Circus Jumbo Visit
Fortnightly Bath item notes Barnum's circus with Jumbo the elephant arriving from Portland as the biggest show on earth drawing crowds. Three extra trains ran on the Knox & Lincoln railroad from Rockland Waldoboro and Wiscasset. A city engine company meeting chaired by Oscar F Williams supports Sept 5 6 muster with invited out of town units. Parade the first day, engine trials, evening surprise party for Miss Hattie Whitmore and Miss Annie Longley, plus social attendees listed. Also reports hazards at People's ferry high tide, melted ice at Union wharf, hay-field pay at Richmond, Conner club trip from Boston aboard Sasmoa, and Valera Verkins steamer carrying 60 passengers.
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Barnum's Circus
London
Jumbo
Big Elephant
Portland
Knox & Lincoln Railroad
Rockland
Waldoboro
Wiscasset
Oscar F. Williams
Obituary and Local Notes From July 13 1882 Chronicle
Tron. Sewall Watson dies aged ST years with ties to Leicester and Castine. history as Hancock county town clerk and sheriff, Augusta and Georgetown business, 1850s state senator and 1864 governor's council member. Nearby items: funeral of Miss Annie Hanscom in Milford, Universalist parsonage sale, circus crowds and police, rat scare, drum corps, sermon pledge updates, strawberry business, Five Islands diet, and local business moves including S2,500 parsonage purchase by M. J. Wennessey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall Watson
Leicester
Mase
Castine
Hancock County
Augusta
Georgetown
Tie
Bath Notes Sailes and Local Happenings 1882
The schooner Hattie S Collins ran on Ellingwood rock near Seguin and was towed to Georgetown for repairs and feldspar loading as a strong windstorm raged. The Morse launch was set to depart for Pittston to load for Washington. William Bruce celebrated a golden wedding with Bath notables and shipbuilding history.
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Hattie S. Collins
Ellingwood Rock
Seguin
Resolute
Georgetown
Morse
Haley's
Pittston
Washington, TI
Morses
William Bruce
North End
Bath
James F. Murphy
Around the Rim of Maine in Auto
A travel note contrasts Maine and Canada scenery with California’s Rim of the World. It highlights coastlines, lakes, streams, and villages, mentioning snow covered mountains, orange groves, and towering trees. The piece notes French predominance along much of the Saint Lawrence route and evokes pastoral French imagery.
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California
San Bernardino Mountains
Maine
Canada
Thorugh
St. Lawrence
France
Back From Europe Mr and Mrs Allen M Trish Return
Mr and Mrs Allen M Trish return from a multiweek European trip through France Switzerland and England with good health and weathered days. They sailed from Liverpool on the Cunard liner Scythia, visiting Rheims and battlefields and enjoying Lake Geneva.
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Allen M. Trish
France
Switzerland
England
Maine
London
Liverpool
Cunard Liner Scythia
Manuretania
Vos Wis
Langdon T. Snipes
Colombe
Battle — Fields
Old
Rheims
Lake Geneva
Transcontinental road routes and travel plans 1922 style
A detailed guide to cross country motor routes from Eastern States through Chicago and Nebraska to California. It weighs trail choices Lincoln and Santa Fe routes, weather risks, camping needs, vehicle readiness, and suggested travel windows May to August. Includes local notices about probate and health clinic dates in Maine and Waterville area.
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Chicago
Clinton
Towa
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Raton Pass
Rockies
Santa Fe
Cheyenne
Green River
Salt Lake City
Ely
Nevada
Reno
Nev
Carson City
Lake Tahoe
Pickerville
California
San Francisco
Sierras
Via
Bakersfield
Mississippi
Old Days on the Bath Branch Rail Line
A retrospective on long service careers on the Bath Brunswick Lewiston Rockland routes. It details promotions from freight brakeman to main line express runs, highlights veterans such as Obie Buck and Hennessey, names several engineers and conductors with years of service, and notes a future conclusion.
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Brunswick
Portland
Lath
Lewiston
Bath
Rockalnd
Hennessey
Obie
Buck
Portand
Billy Hennessey
Cobb
Oliver
Porthind-Farmington
I. S. York
H. T. Boche
Knickerbocker Limited
Crockett
Mitchell
Neilson
Berry
Thes Branch
Partridge damages Bathman's windshield on Waldoboro hill
Maurice Skillings and Charles Ambrose were startled by a windshield shattering crash at 4 am on Waldoboro hill as a partridge flew into the windshield, leaving a large hole and $13 in damages not paid by the perpetrator.
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Wortland
Rockland
Waldoboro Hill
Maurice Skillings
Charles Ambrose
Skillings
Boys and Girls Clubs See Rising Maine Enrollment
County agents report continued growth in Maine agricultural and home making clubs. Total membership nears the 4500 goal, with Oxford leading at 664 participants followed by Penobscot, Cumberland, and Androscoggin Sagadahoq areas amid a statewide rise in sewing, garden, cooking, and canning clubs.
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Maine
College of Agriculture Extension Service Office
Flint
Oxford
Hiancock
Aroostook
Waldo
Cumberland
Pisentaquis
Penobscot
Somerset
Androscoggin-Sagadahoe
Kennebec
Franklin
Washington
Knox-Lincoln
Postmaster Promotion Noted. Harding Signed Commission
Postmaster Henry W. Owen Jr received notice of a military promotion from captain in the Coast Artillery Officers' Reserve Corps. Effective July 15, commission signed by President Harding expected soon. Training provisions allow 15 days yearly for postmasters appointed by the president. British government paid $12,000,000 into U S treasury for wartime transportation by Shipping Board vessels.
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Henry W. Owen Jr
Coast Artillery Officers’ Reserve Corps
Hijor
Harding
United States
Shipping Board
Fruit-A-Tives claimed as vital fruit medicine
A vintage advertisement touts Fruit-A-Tives as a health tonic rich in B and C vitamins derived from orange and apple juice. It argues modern foods lack vitamines and promotes a trial offer of six for $2.50, available from Fruit-A-Tives Ltd in Ogdensburg, New York.
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Fruit-A
Miss Merline Thompson Heads to Camp Wanewock
Miss Merline Thompson left Saturday for Camp Wanewock in South Casco to attend a summer session and pass the season there.
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Merline Thompson
Camp Wanewock
South Casco
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The
Bath Times
Hattie Whitmore
Annie Longley
Emma Small
Genie
Whitmore
Kittie Patten
May Field
Ruby Fisher
Mamie Alvord
Lu Mussenden
Lou Plummer
Jennie Drummond
Fannie Thompson
Harry Stetson
Percy Rolf
Frank Percy
Harry McLellan
James Vilummer
al Thomson
Augustus
Arthur Percy
Charles Low
George Lincoln
Woolwich
Union Wharf
Fore & Richardson
Richmond
Conner Club
Boston
Sasmoa
Five Island
Ira Bradley
George FE. Walker
Couner Club
Valera
Verkins
Boothbay
J. We Pask
M. B. Preble
Leadville
Fen G. Barker
Barker
Frank Shepard
John Shaughnessey
Henry Howse
William Small
Charles Longley
William Seollay
James Higgins
Lawrence McQuarrie
Frank Totman
O. B. Merrill
William Carter
Bryant
Joseph M. Hayes
Milford
N. H
Annie Hanscom
M. J. Wennessey
Universalist
Washington Street
S. J. Goldstein
John Wilson
Dee End
Sagadahock House
Treneon
Wesley
Pemaquid
William Rogers
TA5
City Landing
Sas
Union Street
Amiasa Ellers
Continental Drum Corps
Rath
Pbbl Savage
Millard Litchfield
John Nagle
Tlenry Pero
BE. OW. Preble
Charles
John Campbell
George Te. Hughes
J. 2. Marston
Fostom
Five Islands
St. Louis
Mr. Jacobs
Mr. Goldstein
Charles Th. Moody
Coronilla
Mt. Desert
Charles B. Warrington
William WW. Fields
Bath Savings Institution
Board of Trustees
Charles Davenport
Levi Houghton
Michael PL Gannett
Henry W. Swanton
FE. TB. Drummond
M.S. Befey
John PL. Kimball
Center Street
Horace Savage
John Brown
Mr. Savage
Mayers Pros
Beacon Street
Dr. True
New England
International
Europe
Mrs. Allen M. Trish
Tirren N. Moore
PD. T. Moore & Sons
Teiddeford
Biddeford
George BB. Cragin
Farmington
Unitarian Church
Dorothy Muench
Bath Tren Works, Ltd
Philadelphia
State OF Maine
Indy
Sagadahoe
Grace L. Morse
Jail County
Clarence W. Morse
Eau. Tv
Tane PD. Morse
Edeswood
R. 1
Norace G. Morse
Leaniee Bo Blandy
Worcester
Mass
Grace L. Mor
Grace
Grace II
Sagadahac
J. Edward Tugites
Sagadahoc
Janes
S. Lowelt
William F. Dunam
William FF. Dunham
Onaway Club
Hotel Phoenix
Leli
Wiliam R. Melrose
Eva
Smith
Cambridge
Clark
Wigh Street
Katherine EK. Hartnett
Izadahoe
Eugene J. Hartnett
Katherine E. Hartnett
William F. Dunham
George F. Smith
Sagadahine
Roselia KE. Smith
Sagadahne
George FE. Smith
William. F. Dunham
Christopher HW. Marr
Phippsburg
Henrietta Marr
Christopher Tr. Marr
James S. Lowell
William FP
Dunham
James S. Lowfli
F. Dunham
Maine Medical Association
L. T. Snipe
State Department of Health
Maine Public Health Association
J. Ve. Small
Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
Traffic Department
Water Street
Maine Central Station
Everett B. Wright
Alfred W. Hinckley
Newport
Rhode Island
Rose Gordon
Samuel Gordon Lie
John Footer
Gadahoe
John O. Footer
William F. Duntiam
Ida Frances Chaney
Nancy Finma_ Beals
Clarence E
Maoswick
Stephen BR. Small
Clarence ER. Sawyer
George A. Dudley
TSSS
Partridge
Bathman
Savadahoc
Willard M. Colby
Sarah J. Colby
Westport
County of Lincoln
Emeline Whitten
Whitten
Levi S. Heal
Town Road
Sagodahoc
Elizabeth P. Blinn
Edmund R. Blinn
State OF
Mary R. Swett
Sidney D. Swett
William FE. Hogan
Sail County
Said
Rosella M. Doughty
Charles H. Doughty
Sanford Doughty
Noank
Conn
A.D
Fred H. Thompson
William F. Dunstam
Sagadatioc
Saradahoc
Harry E. Stetson
Arthur H. Stetson
Alfred D. Stetson
William F
Dunttam, Register
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